C PAULA STRAUSS (1894-1943) Silver coffee and tea service made around 1926 by BRUCKMANN & SÖHNE (Heilbronn), marked on the underside with master's mark, "835" and model number, jeweler's mark "Josef Krischer Nachf Düsseldorf", consisting of coffee pot (h 17cm), teapot (h 11cm), sugar bowl (h 5cm) and milk jug (h 8cm), round, flattened form, eared handles and curved spout, hammered decoration, combined weight 1445g

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